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EXCERPT OF THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING OF COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL HELD ON MARCH 10, 2015, DRAWN UP IN SUMMARY FORMAT.
Company Registry (NIRE): 35300396090
1. Date: March 10, 2015.
2. Time: 2:30 p.m.
3. Venue: Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, nº 3400 – 20º andar, São Paulo, SP.
4. Attendance: Benjamin Steinbruch (Chairman), Antonio Francisco dos Santos, Yoshiaki Nakano, Antonio Bernardo Vieira Maia, Luis Felix Cardamone Neto – Board Members and Claudia Maria Sarti – General Secretary to the Board of Directors.
5. Matters Discussed: 5.10 – Election of Executive Officer – Pursuant to Article 19, item III of the Bylaws, the Board unanimously approved the election of Paulo Rogério Caffarelli, Brazilian, married, lawyer, bearer of Identity Document (RG) no. 33813902 - SSP/PR and inscribed in the roll of individual taxpayers (CPF/MF) under no. 442.887.279-87, with address at Av. Brig. Faria Lima nº 3400, 20º andar, in the city and state of São Paulo, to the position of Executive Officer responsible the Company’s corporate areas, with a term of office coinciding with that of the other members of the Board of Executive Officers, i.e. terminating on July 3, 2015, said mandate to be extended until the investiture of his replacement. The Officer hereby elected has signed the Term of Investiture and has declared that he has not been convicted of any of the crimes envisaged by the law as preventing him from exercising commercial activities, pursuant to Article 147 of Law 6404/76. As a result, the Company’s Board of Executive Officers now consists of Benjamin Steinbruch – Chief Executive Officer; Enéas Garcia Diniz – Executive Officer; Luis Fernando Barbosa Martinez – Executive Officer, Gustavo Henrique Santos de Sousa – Executive Officer, Paulo Rogério Caffarelli – Executive Officer and David Moise Salama – Investor Relations Executive Officer, all of whom with a term of office until July 3, 2015, said mandate to be extended until the investiture of their replacements.
I hereby certify that the resolutions transcribed herein are faithful in content to the original minutes filed at the Company’s headquarters.
General Secretary to the Board of Directors
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL | |
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/S/ Benjamin Steinbruch
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Benjamin Steinbruch
Chief Executive Officer |
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By: |
/S/ David Moise Salama
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David Moise Salama
Investor Relations Executive Officer |
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